What rights do you and your spouse have when SARS investigates your finances?

Are you married? If so, you need to know that to do a Capital Reconciliation, SARS must investigate you and your spouse. The big question is: Do you and your spouse have any rights when SARS investigates your finances? Read on to find out...

As mentioned, when you're married, SARS must investigate you and your spouse when doing a Capital Reconciliation.

The good news is, even though you're being investigated you still have rights.

Capital Reconciliation: You and your spouse have the following rights during a SARS investigation

The reality is that whether married in or out of community of property, married people often share certain income, assets and liabilities.

And that's why SARS can't investigate a person without also investigating their spouse.

This can cause difficulties if SARS investigates you, because you might not have access to your spouse's financial information.

SARS may also only have information available for one spouse who for example, isn't required to submit personal statements of assets and liabilities. In this case, SARS first has to get this information from the other spouse or you have to furnish it in your defence.

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